This topic is so boring, I’m not even going to tell you what it’s about. John Oliver’s epically informative and hilarious analysis will have to do the talking. It’s REEAALLY important. Please watch. You’ll laugh and learn why the boring is actually quite imperative to us. I’m begging you to stick around to at least…

Wanna see some lying politicians get their comeuppance? Of course you do. http://media.mtvnservices.com/embed/mgid:cms:video:thedailyshow.com:416874 Read more: http://upworthy.com/how-america-holds-nutella-to-a-higher-standard-than-its-politicians

Everyone loves whales, right? The people who take big commercial ships across the ocean do not want to kill whales. And yet they do, by the hundreds. It’s just hard to see the whales until they’re getting sliced up by the massive propellers. A new app combines GPS, crowdsourcing, and traffic control to guide ship…

By now, a lot of us have learned that the NSA has access to a lot of information about us. But it seems the Internet privacy issue is an even larger problem than most people know. In fact, some of you might be shocked to know who else is involved. Read more: http://upworthy.com/our-privacy-is-being-sold-like-cheap-goods-and-whos-involved-might-come-as-a-surprise

You haven’t? That’s because you haven’t explored Mars yet. Yes, that’s right. I said yet. WARNING: If you’re a Star Trek/sci-fi fan like myself, have tissues handy; the prospect of interplanetary travel becoming a reality might make you a little teary. Carl Sagan recorded this message a few months before he died in 1996. In…

OK, OK. You can’t smoke hemp — well, you can but you’ll just get a headache. But you can build a house with it, make beautiful clothes with it, and improve your health too. It’s a crazy-useful plant that’s good for the environment. George Washington farmed it, but we don’t grow it in the U.S.…

We’re all grown-ups here, so it’s OK to talk about it. And it might feel like a joke at first, but once you hear “who” this body part is going to help, you’ll understand why it’s such a significant scientific accomplishment. Who ever thought we could grow a male — eh hem — body part…

Edison Schmedison. If you think he was the grand master of inventions in the 20th century, you are in for a treat. https://embed-ssl.ted.com/talks/marco_tempest_the_electric_rise_and_fall_of_nikola_tesla.html Read more: http://upworthy.com/i-couldnt-look-away-from-this-visually-stunning-depiction-of-nikola-teslas-work

Neil deGrasse Tyson is more than just an excellent tour guide through the cosmos — he’s a true voice for our endangered space program. In this piece, he reminds us how our passion for space missions began and makes a compelling case that we must not abandon our quests and dreams. Let us renew our…

This guy works in the media for a living. Watch as he bites the hand that feeds him — and share his righteous rant. Read more: http://upworthy.com/why-nearly-70-of-americans-thought-saddam-hussein-caused-911

We live in a world where people often get more connected to their phones and computers than their friends and family. So as the amount of technology and information we have access to increases, how can we use it for good … instead of just falling into a state of global ADD? Read more: http://upworthy.com/what-does-our-anxiousness-to-check-our-phones-say-about-the-world

These clever inventors are killing two birds — staving off a global energy crisis and solving the problem of having to find an outlet to plug in your cellphone every half-hour — with one stone. OK, one of those birds is bigger than the other. But I repeat: These guys seem set to knock ’em…

The Internet can be a cesspool of hate and vain self-promotion — but sometimes it’s just the opposite. I want the Internet to become a better, nicer place; so here are a few tweets I stumbled across that I found meaningful enough to share. Caution: some of these tweets may contain strong language and good…

Upworthy went to RootsCamp 2012 to present our findings. We have discovered just how easy it is to make things go viral. And we’re sharing it with you. Because we love you. If you want to tweet it, which we’d totally love, I’d use this link, so Slideshare will count it in their viral score…

Listen to Bill Nye’s theory on why space exploration is a trickle-up investment and just try not to get a little teary-eyed there along with him at the end. Read more: http://upworthy.com/youve-heard-all-about-trickle-down-theories-but-have-you-heard-bill-nyes-trickle